How Can Electronic Musicians Use Musical Phrases, Cadences and Generative Rules to Structure Compositions?

Understanding musical phrases and cadences is not only useful for classical composition.… read more

What Are Musical Periods and Sentences?

Understanding Antecedent, Consequent and Basic Idea Structures

Musical phrases are often combined into larger units. Two particularly important structures in… read more

What Is a Musical Phrase and How Do Cadences Define Its Beginning and Ending?

A melody can consist of a sequence of individual notes, but music becomes much more meaningful when those notes are organised into phrases.